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Standalone Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon)" (1980) and follow publication order through all 39 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon)
1980
The Woods Are Dark
1981
Out Are the Lights
1982
Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon)
1983
Night Show
1984
Dawson's City
1984
Beware
1985
Allhallow's Eve
1985
Night Creature
1986
Dark Mountain / Tread Softly (As: Richard Kelly)
1987
Thin Air
1987
Flesh
1987
Resurrection Dreams
1988
Midnight's Lair (As: Richard Kelly)
1988
Funland
1989
The Stake
1990
One Rainy Night
1990
Darkness, Tell Us
1991
Island
1991
Blood Games
1992
Alarums
1992
Savage
1993
Endless Night
1993
In the Dark
1994
Quake
1995
Body Rides
1996
Bite
1996
After Midnight
1998
The Wilds
1998
Cuts
1999
Among the Missing
1999
Come Out Tonight
1999
The Traveling Vampire Show
2000
Once Upon a Halloween
2000
No Sanctuary
2001
Night in the Lonesome October
2001
Amara / To Wake The Dead
2003
The Lake
2004
The Glory Bus / Into the Fire
2005
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